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87 Cards in this Set
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Allies
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-Great Britain--Parliamentary Monarchy
-Russia--Communist -United States--Democracy -France--Parliamentary/Constitutional Monarchy |
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Axis Powers
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-Germany--Dictatorship
-Italy--Facism -Japan--Militarism |
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Germany
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of Italy
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Hideki Tojo
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Prime Minister of Japan
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Hirohito
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Emperor of Japan
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Neville Chamberlain
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Prime Minister of Great Britain at the start of WWII
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain 7 months into Great Britain
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President of United States at the beginning of WWII
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Harry Truman
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President of the United States by the end of WWII
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of Russia
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Cause of WWII
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-Treaty of Versailles: Germany had to pay war reparatioons from WWI; it bankrupts the country.
-World-wide depression. Desperate people turn to despearate leaders (Hitler provide scapegoats for Germany's problems [foreigners, Jews, communists, Roma (Gypsies), mmentally ill, homosexuals]) |
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Reich
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means empire;
Hitler was going to establish the "Third Reich" |
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"Greatest Generation"
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name given to WWII Veterans
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Things to know about Adolf Hitler
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-WWI Veteran & Decorated Soldier
-ViennaArtist (Fails at it) -Back to Germany--he joins Soialist Workers Party -As a result of Beer Hall sppech he's jailed for treason -Whenn in jail he writes Mein Kampf "My Struggle" [very popular in Germany (rockstar)] -He forms the Nazi Party. As it grows Hitler becomes the leader of Germany |
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Isolationism
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stay out of foreign affairs; United States foreing policy prior to WWII
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Appeasement
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giving someone what they want in hopes of avoiding conflict; keep happy
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Lebensraum "living space"
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Germany needed more of this according to Hitler
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Austria
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Country that Hitler invaded first thus sparking the beginning of WWII
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Manchuria [Republic of China]
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Country Japan invaded first for natural resources at the beginning of WWII
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Africa
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Country in which Itlay invaded at the beginning of WWII
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Non-Agression Pact
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Germany&Russia
-We won't get involved as long as you leave Russia alone. |
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Poland
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most concentration camps were in this country
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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most infamous concentration camp; killed the most Jews in the Holocaust
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Dachau Concentration Camp
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most effective in killing the Jews
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Nurenberg Laws
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were anti-jewish laws and stripped jewsw of their German citizenship
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Star of David
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Jewish people were forced to wear this symbol
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What to do with the Jews?
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-Expulsion:Get them out of Europe
-Containment: Put them all together in one place (ghettos) -"Final Solution": Annihilaton |
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Wannasee Conference
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where the "Final Solution" was discussed
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Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass"
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This was when Jewish shops and places of worship were raided by the SS
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December 7th, 1941
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The attack of Pearl Harbor
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Admiral Yamamota
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In charge of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
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US thought Pearl Harbor was safe
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-Too shallow for torpedoes to attack
-Distance--too hard to launch air attack -Advanced warning due to new radar technology |
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Japanese Method
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-Element of surprise
-Modified torpedoes (wood fins) -Right day (Sunday) -Three way attack--but recalled third wave (2 waves) -Attack by air using torpedoes and bombs |
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Poor Decisions by America
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-Grouping ships so close in one place
-Grouping planes on runways too close -Ignoring radar report |
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U.S.S. Arizona
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Completely sank to the bottom of the harbor. Oil still comes up from it.
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"A day that will live in infamy."
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Famous quote made by Roosevelt the day after the attack.
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December 8th, 1941
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United States officially declares war against Japan and her allies entering WWII.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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In charge of war effort in Europe
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General George S. Patton
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In charge of war effort in Africa
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General Douglas MacArthur
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In charge of war effort in the Pacific
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General Charles Nimitz
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In charge of Naval Operations
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Omar Bradley
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Army commander on D-day
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Erwin S. Rommel
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Hitler's military adviser and most well known German Genral; also known as "the Desert Fox"
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June 6th, 1944
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D-day in Normandy, France
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5 Beaches
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-Utah
-Gold -Sword -Juno -Omaha: most heavy and most deadly |
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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-Battle on an island
-Prevented Japanese from having control of the Pacific -We won |
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Battle of Bulge
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-Germany vs. US (US won)
-It was important (Final stand of German Army--essentially leads to Nazi surrender. Hitler killed himself in a bunker w/ girlfriend) |
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Stalingrad
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-Russia vs. Germany (Russia won)
-Important[Russia burns everything (crops and buildings)] [slash and burn]--leaves Russia disaster after WWII -Had Hitler won--they would have controlled all of Europe -No country was hurt more than Russia |
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Battle of Britain
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-British vs. Germans (British won)
-Airforce battle -Had it been effective for Germans--they would have controlled the English Channel |
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Battle of Guadalcanal
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-Japanese vs. US (US won)
-Keeps the Japanesse from entering Austria [from entering/fighting in Europe] |
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Battle of Midway
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-Japanese vs. United States (US won)
-Essentially decimated the Japanse Naval fleet -Huge advantage over the Japanese |
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Battle of Normandy
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-Allies vs. Germans (Allies won)
-Gave us access to enter France and we began to go towards Germany |
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Manhattan Project
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-In Los Alamos, New Mexico
-Atomic Bombs |
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Leslie Graves
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Military Leader that oversaw the Manhattan Project
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Robert Oppenheimer
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Scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project
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The Atomic Bombs (3)
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-Gadget
-Little Boy -Fat Man |
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Gadget
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-Test bomb detonated in Alamogordo, New Mexico
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Little Boy
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First bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Fat Man
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Second bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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Reservations about the bombs
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-Blow up the atmosphere
-Might not even work -Opened Pandora's box (once we have the bomb--other countries will get it) |
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August 6th, 1945
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Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima (Little Boy)
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August 9th, 1945
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Boxcar drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki (Fat Man)
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August 10th, 1945
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Japanese officially surrender ending WWII.
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Enola Gay
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Airplane that dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima (Little Boy)
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Boxcar
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Airplane taht dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki (Fat Man)
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Criticisms of using the bomb
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-Dropped with no real warnign
-Targets were not military (Civilian casualties were immense) -Not enough time between drops -Proportional to Pearl Harbor, we overstepped |
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Henry Stimson
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Secretary of War
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Kyoto
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First choice of bombing
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Glendover, Utah
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-Where they practiced dropping the bomb
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Magic Machine
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deciphered Japanese code for United States
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Potsdam Conference
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Were the allied leaders got together in Germany to decide what to do with Japan
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Kremlin
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equivalent of our congressional building--hold congressional meetings; located in the "Red Square" in Moscow; (RUSSIA)
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Reichspag
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equivalent of our congressional building--(GERMANY)
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Ghettos
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jewish people were moved into these areas before being moved into concentration camps
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Mein Kampf "My Struggle"
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Hitler's autobiagraphy that he wrote in prison
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Antisemticism
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A hatred for Jews
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Treaty of Versailles
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Treaty ended WWI and is what Hitler used to blame Germany's problems upon
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Depression
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A deep economic downturn
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Doolittle's Raid
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The name of the raid that was planned to strike back at the Japanese
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Tora, tora, tora
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Code name for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese
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Pacific Fleet
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Ocean fleet stored at Pearl Harbor
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Oil
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Seeps up from the ocean floor still to this day
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Karl Luegar
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Mayor of Vienna-antisemetic; Hitler looked up to him
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SS
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Secret Police; threatened/beat up Jews and the anti-Nazi voters
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The "Brownshirts" or the SA (Stormtroopers)
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Along with the SS-threatened to beat up jews and the anti-Nazi voters
-Wore brownshirts, pants, and boots |
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"Reichstage Fire"
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-Gives Hitler total power
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